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Naked by David Sedaris is a collection of seventeen humor-laden essays. In true Sedaris fashion, each essay is a vignette detailing some traumatic and bizarre experience in the author's life. Although the vignettes stand up on their own, the collection gives a deep insight into Sedaris' mind and personality. Regardless of a person's beliefs or sexual preference, Sedaris' work consistently strikes the reader's funny bone. Even though many of the experiences Sedaris details are outlandish, everyone can recall a traumatic elementary school experience or embarrassment at the inappropriate antics of a family member.
There are many stories from the author's childhood, portraying a gruff father and a hard drinking, smoking mother. The mother, Sharon Sedaris, appears in more of the essays and one becomes acquainted with the woman's peculiar style of parenting. There always seems to be a cigarette and cocktail in hand, backed up with sarcastic and at times, cruel humor. It becomes readily apparent that the Sedaris children take after their beloved mother.
There are six Sedaris children; David is number two in the mix. Many stories involved the other Sedaris children, showing that each has a sense of sarcastic humor and intelligence. Aside from the parents, the two most talked about siblings are Lisa and Amy. The girls seem to become their brother's partner in crime and vice versa, even if it is an unwilling partnership. In Dinah the Christmas Whore, Lisa commandeers David into rescuing Dinah from an abusive boyfriend when David would much rather retreat to his room and spend the evening aligning the items on his dresser. As the children grow up, Amy and David become partners in business as well, exploiting their many childhood traumas and turning them into raucous comedy.
Through the vignettes, Sedaris manages to give the reader an insight into a childhood filled with peculiar and erratic behaviors and experiences involving a cast of bizarre characters. It is obvious that Sedaris loves to exaggerate but the stories are written so that one cannot tell where the story ends and the embellishment begins.
The most somber piece in the book is the story titled "Ashes." The piece recounts Lisa's marriage and Mrs. Sedaris' death caused by cancer. The Sedaris family is not an affectionate one and the children's need to appreciate their mother makes it difficult to weather the situation. Mrs. Sedaris wants everything to be as normal as possible but it is too difficult for the children to realize that they will never be all together ever again.
The experiences in Naked are often strange and fascinating, often traumatic, and always very humorous.
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Federal managers are bombarded with theories on how to improve agency performance, but become frustrated when they try to apply those practices, according to a new report.
But managers should stop making excuses and persevere in the quest for the highest quality public service at the lowest cost, according to the report, "Start Where You Are, Use What You Have" from the IBM Endowment for the Business of Government.
"There are all these [management] theologies out there," said Chris Wye, author of the report and director of the Center for Improving Government Performance at the National Academy of Public Administration. "But the core concepts are really so simple."
Extensive conversations with managers over the past decade have convinced Wye, who worked as a manager at the Department of Housing and Urban Development before joining NAPA, that the obstacles to measuring results are significant, but not insurmountable. For performance-based management to succeed, managers must use all the tools at their disposal and encourage employees to embrace a results-oriented work environment, the report said.
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The guide also suggests that managers design "logic models" to help employees see where they fit into the service delivery process. A "logic model" is a flow chart that uses arrows and boxes to illustrate the various parts of a process. The illustration should help employees fully understand their duties, so they can't pass the buck when it comes to meeting goals, according to the report.
Most agency employees "care deeply about public service," Wye said, but many feel "beaten down" by political appointees and need reminders that their work is meaningful. Wye said he hopes the report will "prick the consciences" of civil servants, who are "well-motivated" for the most part.


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National Wild and Scenic Rivers System
The National Wild and Scenic River is a designation for certain protected areas in the United States.
The National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act was an outgrowth of the recommendations of a Presidential commission, the Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission (ORRRC). Among other things, the commission recommended that the nation protect wild rivers and scenic rivers from development that would substantially change their wild or scenic nature. The act was sponsored by Sen. Frank Church (D-Idaho) and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson on October 2, 1968. A river or river section may be designated by the U.S. Congress or the Secretary of the Interior. In 1968, as part of the original act, eight rivers were designated as National Wild and Scenic Rivers (Clearwater, Eleven Point, Feather, Rio Grande, Rogue, St. Croix, Salmon, and Wolf).[1] As of July 2011[update], 203 rivers, totaling 12,598 miles of river in 38 states and Puerto Rico, have wild and scenic status.[2] By comparison, more than 75,000 large dams across the country have modified at least 600,000 miles, or about 17%, of American rivers.
Selected rivers in the United States are preserved for possessing outstandingly remarkable scenic, recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural, or other similar values. Rivers (or sections of rivers) so designated are preserved in their free-flowing condition and are not dammed or otherwise impeded. National wild and scenic designation essentially vetoes the licensing of new hydropower projects on or directly affecting the river. It also provides very strong protection against bank and channel alterations that adversely affect river values, protects riverfront public lands from oil, gas and mineral development, and creates a federal reserved water right to protect flow-dependent values.
Designation as a wild and scenic river is not the same as a national park designation, and generally does not confer the same level of protection as a Wilderness Area designation. However, wild and scenic designation protects the free-flowing nature of rivers in non-federal areas, something the Wilderness Act and other federal designations cannot do. Designation does not alter property rights.
Federally administered National Wild and Scenic rivers are managed by one or more of the four principal land-managing agencies of the federal government. Of the 156 National Wild and Scenic Rivers, the most are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, followed by the National Park Service; fifteen of those managed by the NPS are official units, while others are part of other parks. Thirty-eight are managed under the Bureau of Land Management's National Landscape Conservation System while the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages several rivers in Alaska.
State-managed wild and scenic rivers are subject to the same protections as federally administered rivers. These state rivers are added to the National System by the Secretary of the Interior following an application by the governor of the state the river flows through.
Wild and scenic rivers are assigned one or more classifications: wild, scenic, or recreational. These classifications are based on the developmental character of the river on the date of designation. Wild rivers are the most remote and undeveloped while recreational rivers often have many access points, roads, railroads, and bridges. A river's classification is not related to the value(s) that made it worthy of designation and that must be protected and enhanced by the river manager. For instance, recreation may not be an outstanding value on a river with a recreational classification nor scenery on a river classified as scenic. Notably, wild and scenic rivers receive the same standard of protection regardless of classification.
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- Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Study Act (H.R. 412; 113th Congress) – proposed a study of the Nashua River in Massachusetts for possible inclusion in the system.[3]
See also[edit]
- ^ "Wild & Scenic River Act Amendments". National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. National Wild and Scenic Rivers. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
- ^ "About the WSR Act". National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
- ^ "H.R. 412 – Summary". United States Congress. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
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Support for Children
Daily, we have people from all over the world come and stay with us as our guests in our hostels in Vienna, Munich, Budapest and Berlin. Our staff and we have travelled a lot ourselves and have also come to see parts of the world in which people live in great poverty. We do not only want to speak about social responsibility, we want to act on it.
Previously, we have invested our support selectively in single projects, but have now come up with the idea to accompany projects on a long-term and sustainable basis. We came across the "Kindernothilfe" (Help for kids in need) through talks and internet-research. Kids are – as is very well known – the weakest link in the chain, and with our sponsorship we hope to enable them a start into a better future.
The projects that will have our immediate support are in St. Petersburg, Bangladesh, Rwanda and Honduras and are in urgent need for sponsors. We are going to open up new hostels and our intention is to engage in a new sponsorship with each new house.
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Children's village Renacer with project-related primary and secondary school in Honduras
Cofradia has 2,000 inhabitants and is part of the district Francisco Morazan. In the children's village "Hogar Renacer"; approx. 50 children are being looked after 24/7. They come from extremely poor and often shattered families who live in the suburbs. Also kids who have been expelled from their homes and orphans are integrated.
In the year 2000, alongside to the secondary school with job training classes, which had been founded in 1993, a project-related primary school has been established on the property of the institution, in which the kids from the children's village as well as the kids from the municipality are being educated. In the year 2005, 196 children and teenagers have attended the pre-, primary und secondary school. The supported kids are between 3 and 18 years of age and are accompanied by approx. 40 staff members.
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Rehabilitation and educational centre for expelled pregnant girls and women in Dhaka / Bangladesh
The institution, which is situated in the capital city Dhaka, is a place of refuge for girls and women from all over Bangladesh who have become pregnant unintentionally and have therefore been expelled from their families. These girls are mainly between 14 and 20 years of age, but also younger girls or women take refuge and are being cared for. The centre offers these abused, unmarried, pregnant women not only safety and the satisfaction of their essential need, but also a comprehensive medical care.
Most of the uneducated girls learn how to read, write and calculate during their stay; additionally, they can attend job-specific training classes. After they have given birth, the girls themselves decide whether they want to leave their babies in the centre and return to their families or be given the option to live in a shared flat with other mothers from the centre. On average, there are 35 young women and 25 children living in this institution.
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Help for orphans through self-help groups in Butare
With its almost 90,000 inhabitants, Butare is the second largest city in Rwanda. The genocide in 1994, in which almost one million Tutsi and moderate Hutu have been killed, has left deep scars and destroyed most of the social structures. More than 86% of the people of the province Butare are below the poverty line. The number of orphans is especially high.This project is aimed at the work with kids and teenagers who have lost their families in the genocide. The self-help groups consist of approximately 15 members each who come together once a week for talk, ideas, encouragement, etc.. They learn how to be of help for each other and to trust.
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St. Petersburg is just like Moscow a Russian city in which the radical political and economical change after 1989 shows its negative effect most thoroughly. Economically successful nouveaux riches oppose with the common poor population. Mass unemployment, family problems, alcoholism, criminality and drug abuse are a few key words for describing the problems of the metropolis. Especially in the big cities of Russia, the number of people infected with HIV has dramatically risen over the past years.
75 per cent of the HIV infected have been contaminated with the virus during the past five years. Since 1989 the "Kindernothilfe" (Help for kids in need) work with the partner "Innovationen" (Innovations) in St. Petersburg. The latest project is the care of infants who have been left behind in the hospital no. 3. Until the beginning of 2007, more than 2,336 babies have been born by HIV infected mothers, 346 of them in the year 2006. Approximately 18% of the babies are abandoned by their mothers.
Until 2003, these children have not been given any care except for a medical one. Many of them have been suffering from hospitalism after only a few months. Main aim of the project is to help the overwhelmed women to organise a, under the given circumstances, ideal surrounding for their children to grow up in. For this purpose, the kindergarten "The Little Prince" has been opened in September 2007 and has capacity for 20 children, who are being granted an educationally supported development according to their age.


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Southern Forest World is a museum illustrating the history of the forestry industry in the southeastern United States. The role of forestry and wood products in colonial America, early logging in the Okefenokee Swamp, modern techniques of tree farming, the region's wildlife, wood products, and the turpentine and naval stores industries are all included in the exhibits. Visitors can also meet the "Talking Tree," see Stuckey the Mummified Dog, board a small locomotive train used in logging operations, walk inside a hollow cypress tree and lots more. 912-285-4056
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5 Tips For Running With Your Dog
Staying motivated to exercise can be hard on some days, but having a four legged buddy to run with helps tremendously. A dog is ready to go at any time and you don't even have to wait for them to get into the proper gear. There are some things to keep in mind while running with your furry friend to keep you both safe and make you run even more enjoyable.
- Take into consideration the health of your dog. Is it a puppy, or an older dog? Puppies are not ideal running companions for a few reasons. They are usually just beginning to learn how to walk on a leash and basic commands, which mean you won't be able to keep them under complete control if the situation demands it. Also, a puppy is still growing so you wouldn't want to risk a bone fracture or break. On the other hand, if your dog is on the older side they may not be able to keep up with you even though they will try, which could cause harm to the dog. It's best to check with your veterinarian before setting off.
- Take a look at the gear you have for your dog. One thing you do not want while running is an extendable leash, which is just a fall waiting to happen. The best leash for running is one that is on the shorter side, but not so short as to interfere with your dogs' gait. The size of the dog (small, medium, large) is going to be the determining factor here. If you run in the ice and snow often you will need to buy Fido some doggy shoes to protect their paws from corrosive salt. There are also small packs that a larger dog can carry on their back for food and water. Obviously a backpack for a smaller dog would need to be tested for weight.
- Be aware of comfort zones, both for people and other pets. There are some people out there who don't like, or are allergic to dogs. There are also dogs out there who do not like other dogs. Play it safe and give others plenty of room.
- Keep America clean. Bring plenty of doggy disposal bags so you can pick up after your canine friend if they happen to make a mess. There are some neighborhoods around the United States that have canine DNA on file, so if a dog leaves a mess the owner will be found and fined!
- Ensure that your dog has been vaccinated. Being bitten is bad enough, but then having to worry about getting rabies? Not only is that unacceptable, but a pet owner who does not vaccinate their pet against rabies can be sued if someone is bitten and infected.
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The U.S. economy accelerated between July through September, growing at an annualized rate of 2 percent, the government said Friday in a report that slightly exceeded expectations.
After growing at just 1.3 percent in the second quarter, the U.S. economy sped up in the subsequent three months, beating analyst expectations of a 1.8 percent third-quarter growth rate.
The quarterly growth was powered by a boost in consumer spending, but was restrained by tame business investment. This reflects polls of sentiment, which show a more upbeat consumer, and businesses holding a less positive view of the future.
The drop in a range of business spending suggests that the unresolved so-called "fiscal cliff" -- the planned tax hikes and deep spending cuts if Congress can't reach compromise later this year -- already is harming the economy.
Coming back from the worst recession since the Great Depression, the U.S. economy continues to underperform. While an improvement, the rate of growth in gross domestic product, the broadest measure of U.S. trade in goods and services, is nowhere near what's needed to knock down the 7.8 percent unemployment rate.
"The economic recovery continues but at a very sluggish pace. Over the first 13 quarters of the recovery, real GDP growth has averaged only 2.2 percent and, at 2.3 percent, the pace of growth over the last year has shown no signs of picking up," wrote economists at RDQ Economics, a research note.
The increase in the growth rate is a preliminary first estimate that will be updated Nov. 29 as more information comes in. The growth rate, said the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, reflected positive contributions from personal consumption, federal government spending and residential fixed investment.
These positives in the economy were partially offset by negative contributions from exports, which declined amid a global growth slowdown, and by businesses pulling back on investment in their private inventories. That suggests businesses and corporations are holding back amid election uncertainty and still unresolved major issues such as whether tax cuts that were extended this year are allowed to expire.
"The corporate sector is cautious. Equipment and software spending was flat in (the third quarter), after expanding at a 5.1 percent rate in the first half. This was the weakest quarter we've seen since the recovery started in mid-2009," wrote Neil Dutta, head of economics at Renaissance Macro Research, in a note to investors. "Capital spending responds to an accelerator effect; thus, with expectations around future growth receding, the corporate sector is holding back. With the year-end fiscal cliff approaching, firms are holding back on committing to longer-lived durable assets."
The "fiscal cliff" involves Bush-era tax cuts that are set to expire at the end of this year, reverting back to Clinton-era tax brackets. Also expiring is a tax holiday on what employees contribute in payroll taxes.
Absent a budget deal, deep mandatory cuts in spending across government, including defense and national security, are set to take hold next year. And by late February or March, the government is expected to bump up against a debt ceiling and will have to reach a new accord with Congress in order to borrow more to pay existing obligations. All these things fall under the "fiscal cliff."
"The economy simply does not have enough momentum to absorb the shock from going over the fiscal cliff without going into recession in 2013," wrote Dutta.
There's plenty of anecdotal evidence that businesses are pulling back until there is greater clarity. Should a compromise not be reached, the implications for the economy are grave. Analysts expect the final months of this year to be much like the sluggish growth of summertime.
"We see little prospect for improvement in the current quarter, with the major components likely to maintain (third-quarter) trends," wrote Alan Levenson, chief economist with investment giant T. Rowe Price, in a research note.
There were some signs of life in Friday's numbers. Personal consumption rose by 2 percent, driven in large measure by a return of the consumer. Spending on goods rose at a rate of 4.4 percent in the quarter, and spending on services rose at a slower rate of 0.8 percent in the three months. Spending on durable goods, big ticket items such as cars and refrigerators, rose by 8.5 in the quarter.
For the first time in quite a while, housing added to growth rather than subtracted from it. Investment in residential housing leapt up at a rate of 14.4 percent in the three-month period, rising from an 8.5 percent rate in the second quarter of this year. That's a plus for growth, but housing today represents a smaller share of overall growth so its impact on the broader growth numbers is subdued.


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SOURCE: Lulu Press
February 17, 2014 09:00 ET
RALEIGH, NC--(Marketwired - February 17, 2014) - Today from the 111th annual American International Toy Fair® at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, Lulu Jr.™ announced the launch of a new book-making kit to inspire and encourage creativity in children, enabling them to write and illustrate their own book, My Awesome Book™. My Awesome Book includes a "Quick Start Guide" by New York Times best-selling children's author Peter H. Reynolds (The Dot, Ish, Sky Color, Judy Moody) to encourage and help kids become published authors. An 8.5" x 11" premium quality, hardcover book and free delivery are included in the price of this innovative product.
Lulu Jr. developed My Awesome Book with the help of FableVision, an educational media development company well-known for their dedication to helping all learners discover their true potential. The end result is a comprehensive book-making kit that includes everything a child needs to create and share their imagination in the form of a published story. In addition to developing the My Awesome Book "Quick Start Guide," Reynolds also helped Lulu Jr. refresh the look of the boxes for Lulu Jr. kits -- Illustory®, My Comic Book® and the new My Awesome Book.
"As Lulu Jr.'s newest product, My Awesome Book provides even more tools for creative kids ages 6 and up to become published authors and artists," said Ginny Gomez, chief marketing officer at Lulu. "My Awesome Book builds on the rich, award-winning legacy of Illustory and My Comic Book, and Lulu's decade-plus of experience helping authors realize their publishing ambitions on Lulu.com. Through the products offered on Lulu Jr. we're now able to bring fun and engaging publishing options to kids and a way for parents to cherish these creations for years to come."
Reynolds shares, "I'm on a mission to encourage creativity and self-expression for all ages, which is why I'm so excited to 'connect the dots' with Lulu.com -- a pioneer in online publishing for grown-ups -- and now providing the same access to print-on-demand for kids gives every child a chance to share their voice with the world."
Lulu Jr. also offers children an easy way to create their own wall art, showcasing artistic creations, words and photos by displaying them on high quality canvas. This new line of wall art can be personalized with the author's own drawings or cover design further highlighting the accomplishment of each child.
Lulu Jr. will be showcasing My Awesome Book, Illustory, My Comic Book and independent children's books at the 111th annual American International Toy Fair® at New York City's Jacob K. Javits Convention Center February 16-19, 2014. Reynolds will be signing Lulu Jr. February 17 from 2 - 3 pm ET and Tuesday, February 18 from 12 pm - 1 pm ET. Available for pre-order now and scheduled to ship in early March, My Awesome Book retails in the U.S. for $39.99.
For more information, please visit www.lulujr.com.
About Lulu Jr.
Lulu Jr.'s line of products includes book-making kits, children's books and children's artwork -- all designed to encourage imagination, build self-esteem and strengthen creativity and literacy skills. Publishing is an accomplishment for anyone, especially a young writer as they build their confidence as an author. With Illustory, My Comic Book and My Awesome Book, children can realize their potential as an author and artist, and celebrate this success with a canvas print of their story's protagonist by Lulu Jr. With nearly 100,000 children's books available through Lulu.com, Lulu Jr. is the ideal destination for young readers.
About Peter H. Reynolds/FableVision
Internationally-acclaimed creativity champion Peter H. Reynolds is a New York Times best-selling author and illustrator of books for people of all ages (The Dot, Ish, Sky Color, The North Star). His work has been published in over 25 languages around the globe. In 1996, Reynolds founded FableVision, an award-winning, creative R&D/educational media development studio located in Boston's Innovation District. FableVision Studios, co-located at the Boston Children's Museum, works with other publishers, museums, broadcasters and non-profits to create custom digital media, animation, educational software, learning games and mobile apps. Reynolds recently was presented with the 2013 Visionary Award by the Association of American Publishers (AAP), which celebrates individuals for their insight and exceptional leadership who have made a positive impact in the lives and endeavors of those throughout the preK-12 learning resource community.
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I have 1 remaining collection from an apartment lease from back in 2009 that was placed at Hunter Warfield due to me not given notice even though my lease agreement was up. From research I know they want pfd and are almost impossible to remove so I began thinking of ways to go after the OC. I visited the apartment complex about 5 months ago who basically told me there was nothing they could do. I have been studying my lease agreement and came across the section that refers to security deposits.
The lease states "Any security deposit or advance rent you paid is being held in one of the following three ways as indicated below" 2. In a separate INTEREST bearing account for your benefit in the following bank: Bank of America whose address is Charlotte, NC. It also states If an interest bearing account, you will be entitled to receive and collect interest in an amount of at least 75 percent of the annualized average interest rate payable on such account or interest at the rate of 5 percent per year, simple interest, whichever the landlord elects.
Because I had additional charges for carpet damage and 2 months rent due to insufficient notice, they kept my deposit and applied it towards this balance. I lived at this apartment for 2 years and the deposit they applied did not include interest. My question is am I due interest on my deposit? And would this help me in my fight towards Hunter Warfield as the balance sent to them would be incorrect. Please if someone could give me some advice or do I just need to settle with Hunter Warfield and wait for it to fall off. Thanks
In my opinion, you have an issue of interpretation of the terms of your account agreement with the OC. You assert an offset of debt based on the interest accrual terms of that contract. They apparently feel different. Who is correct is an intepretation of facts and law, which is the perview of the courts, not the DV process.
The debt collector enters into the picture by being (I assume) the assigned agent of the OC for purposes of collection upon the debt.
When you request debt verification from a debt collector, FDCPA 809(b) requires that they "obtain" verification from the creditor, and provide you a statement of the amount of the debt, which the courts have held entitles you to an itemization of its components.
If they obtained such verification from the OC, be the amount correct or incorrect, they have, in my opinion, discharged their debt verification duties under the statute.
Any issue you have over the legality of the asserted amounts is handled by the courts, based upon a showing of facts by each side. It is not resolved through the administrative DV process.
You might have recourse, if you can show that the amount asserted by the debt collector is clearly not authorized in your original agreement with the OC or otherwise permiited by law, to complaint under FDCPA 808(1), which states that it is a violation of their debt collection practices to attempt to collect any amount that is not specifically authorized under your account agreement with the creditor, or otherwise permitted by law. However, in my opinion, the facts would have to make that clear on their face in order to succeed under section 808(1). If the facts are subject to interpretation, either as to whether authorized under your account agreement or otherwise permitted by law, you would need to get the issue before a judge.
Thanks for your reply. Do you think it would do me any good to question the OC in regards to the interest on the deposit? The CA will not pfd so dealing with the OC is my only option at this point to have it removed.
First, you only specified one of the three ways they hold deposits. What are the other two ways? Maybe they ended up holding it in an account that doesn't acrue interest. Interest rates are not very good, nor have they been for a while. I don't think that is a fight worth fighting.
There is something you need to look at in your lease though. Does it say that a lease automatically renews at the end of the lease term unless notice is given? I have lived in a lot of different places with a lot of different leases. Some will end at the end of the term unless a new lease is signed to extend it for another year (or even on a month-to-month basis). Some will automatically renew for another year unless notice is given. Some will automaticaly renew on a month-to-month basis unless notice is given. I have been in all three of these kinds of leases. Generally, notice is 30 days, although I have seen 60 days. If your leases states that it will renew unless notice is given stating that you do not want to renew the lease, you do not have any recourse. It is your responsibility to know what your lease says since you have to sign it to move it.
I specified the option they chose which was to acrue interest. I figured it wasnt worth fighting but I had to ask. In regards to the lease I am fully aware that I was required to give notice. At the time I was not so I am not disputing this. The only question I have was in regards to the interest that i never received back.
Yeah, how much could the interest possibly be? $5, $10?
The interest amount is not the point....It was stated in the contract my deposit incurred interest that I never received after 2 years. Seeing that I was not given the correct deposit back also techinally means the amount they sent to collections is incorrect. I was looking to work this angle to have tradeline deleted as the current CA does not do PFD's but I'm not sure if its worth the fight at this point.
Whether or not the amount they are attempting to collect is correct is an unresolved issue. You cant presuppose you are correct, and thus compel deletion as being factually inaccurate.
The DV process gives you the right to request they verify the amount they are attempting to collect is, from their records and honest investigation, accurate.
They have done so.
You disagee.
You can, of course, pursue the same argument by disputing the accuracy of their reporting of what they have verified through the DV process.
Just as with the DV process, they dont have to "prove" accuracy, they have to conduct a good faith investigation, and based on those results, make a finding as to its accuracy. I would thus expect the same finding.
To pursue further, you would need a third party with the right to require both parties to present their case, and make a legal finding as to who is correct.
That party is a judge, not the CRAs, the FCRA dispute process, or the FDCPA DV process.
If, in a legal proceeding, it is discovered that they knew, when verifying under either the FCRA or FDCPA processes, that the information was in fact inaccurate, you then would have an additional cause of action against them for willfully reporting inaccurate information, and making knowingly false verification of accuracy. Possible actual and punitive damages.


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LG first announced their flagship Android phone the Optimus G last month, and today the company released additional details about the global launch at an event in Korea. LG said the phone will go on sale in Korea starting next week followed by key global markets in October. An additional report from the Associated Press claims that the device will come to the US in November.
Currently the LG Optimus G is rumored to be headed to AT&T and Sprint under the name LG Eclipse 4G LTE. Verizon and T-Mobile also have strong relationships with LG, so it is possible we could see the device on those networks as well. LG has scheduled a press event tomorrow in New York, so we could have the US launch details within the next 24 hours.
Key Specifications of the Optimus G include:
- Chipset: Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor with 1.5GHz Quad-Core Krait CPUs and LTE
- Operating System: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (upgradeable to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean)
- Network: 2G / 3G / LTE
- Display: 4.7-inch WXGA True HD IPSPlus (1280 x 768 pixels) / 15:9 ratio
- Memory: 32GB
- Camera: 13.0MP or 8.0MP rear / 1.3MP front
- Battery: 2,100mAh (570Wh/L) / Talk time: 15 hours / Standby: 335 hours
- Size: 131.9 x 68.9 x 8.45mm
- Weight: 145g
- Other: Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi, USB2.0 HS, A-GPS, MHL and DLNA, NFC
The LG Optimus Nexus?
At this time last year we had tons of Nexus rumors to talk about, but it has been oddly quiet this time around. Google hasn't really surprised us with any of their Android devices, so we expect some kind of solid details to leak out soon.
Back in May the Wall St. Journal reported that there would be multiple Nexus devices sold through Google's online device store by Thanksgiving. That rumor was echoed again by a leak in August that said LG, Samsung, and Sony were all working on Nexus devices.
This week two of our trusted sources, who helped us uncover every other Nexus device to date, both told me they expect LG to produce a Nexus smartphone this year. We don't have any pictures, specs, or benchmarks to publish, so you should still just consider this a rumor.
Even though no hard evidence has been provided, but we still believe there will be at least one Nexus smartphone come November. And when we evaluate the pure hardware that each handset maker might use, LG has us the most excited for this year. Their Optimus G will have the fastest mobile processor, best display, highest resolution camera, and new battery technology.
I have heard some larger OEMs openly question if it's in their best interest to produce a Nexus smartphone, when all previous generations have disappointed in sales numbers. LG is still considered an underdog by many in the smartphone industry, so a Nexus device would greatly help to build up their image among the hardcore Android faithful.
Hopefully we won't have to wait much longer for the next Nexus.


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Fall 2013 Events
Tracing the Formation of Massive Galaxies in the Early Universe
November 22, 2013 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM
Searles Science Building, Room 315
Tracing the Formation of Massive Galaxies in the Early Universe
Elizabeth McGrath, Colby College
The average rate at which galaxies are forming stars in the Universe has decreased by more than an order of magnitude over the last 10 billion years. Understanding why certain galaxies shut off their star formation activity, while others do not is one of the key unanswered questions in astrophysics today. Observations in the local Universe suggest that the mechanism responsible for quenching star formation in galaxies may be intimately linked to their structural transformation. In order to test quenching scenarios, however, it is vital to look beyond the local Universe and identify the first generation of quiescent galaxies at high redshift.
Dr. McGrath will discuss her work studying the first massive systems to appear on the quiescent "red sequence" at redshifts z>1, when the universe was less than half its current age. She will show that the properties of these galaxies are challenging not only our understanding of how star formation is quenched in galaxies, but also how mass is assembled in a hierarchical universe. She will also highlight how future work with the CANDELS survey, as well as the next generation of astronomical facilities coming online over the next 5-10 years, will help establish the primary mechanisms responsible for star-formation quenching and will revolutionize our understanding of how the most massive galaxies in the Universe formed.


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vegan_rossco wrote:Awesome! Looking forward to reading it!
And dam nz looks amazing, there's a certain place on the isle of wight where you can see the sea in almost all directions, I should get a photo and get a "where you're from" thread going
You not posting all your lifts bud? Also.. Nice!! 130kg squat, that's badass for the 5/3/1 programme I've lowered squatting weight a fair bit
Yeah I will be, just haven't had the time and now I have about 4 or 5 sessions to type up. What a dumbass


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In the U.S. edition of RDAs, the only micronutrients that account for differences between the groups ages 23-50 and 51 and older are thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, and iron; that is, the RDAs for thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, and iron (in females) for people age 51 and older are lower than those for younger adults ages 23-50. The decrements for thiamine, riboflavin, and niacin are due to low observed intakes of calories and protein in older adults, and the fact that these nutrients participate in metabolic processes involving energy expenditure and protein utilization. In the case of iron, the decrement for females is due to the lack of menstrual periods in the older age group.
It is now recognized that the elderly cannot be regarded simply as older versions of young adults. Results of experiments performed on younger adults indicate that elderly people have distinctly different metabolic processes that do not allow for easy extrapolation of nutrient needs. For example, Roberts et al. have recently shown that elderly people continue to underfeed themselves after a period of enforced underfeeding, whereas the younger adult immediately increases his or her dietary intake after a period of enforced underfeeding.
This paper focuses on how age modifies metabolism and requirements for specific vitamins and minerals, since protein requirements do not appear to change with age (i.e., 0.8 mg/kg body weight is adequate for both younger and older adults).
The riboflavin requirement has now been shown to be the same for both young adults and elderly people. Thus, the lower riboflavin RDA for elderly people is not warranted.
From a cross-sectional analysis of elderly participants in the Framingham study, the amount of dietary folate needed to ensure normal blood homocysteine values is approximately twice (400 fig) the present RDA. This implies a greater need for dietary folate for both younger and elderly adults.
Vitamin D
1. There is a decreased ability to form previtamin D3 in skin upon ultraviolet light exposure in elderly people versus young people. Further, there is decreased absorption of vitamin D with age and decreased synthesis of 1-25 dihydroxy vitamin D by the kidney upon parathyroid hormone stimulation.
It has been shown that significantly less spinal bone loss occurs in elderly women supplemented with vitamin D (400 i.u./day) than in placebo-treated volunteers. The present RDA for vitamin D (200 i.u.) is too low.
Vitamin B6
Vitamin B6 requirements for the elderly have been shown to be elevated, although the mechanism for this is uncertain. The evidence that vitamin B6 requirements are elevated in aging comes both from depletion/repletion design studies and from epidemiologic studies on the amount of dietary vitamin B6 needed to insure normal blood homocysteine levels.
Vitamin B12
Vitamin B12 requirements may be increased in a large number of elderly people who have atrophic gastritis. Although most digestive and absorptive functions are well preserved during the aging process, atrophic gastritis occurs among elderly people with a prevalence of 20-50 percent, depending on how the diagnosis is made. The increased vitamin B12 requirement with aging is due to impaired digestion of cobalamin from food protein from lack of acid pepsin digestion, as well as bacterial uptake of vitamin B12 in the proximal small intestine.


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Well, it's the weekend, so it's time for the blog to let its hair down and indulge in some general silliness, namely the "3 events, 2 births, 1 death on your birthday" game that's floating around various LiveJournals and blogs. (I'm indulging in this because I tend to be obsessed with who and what shares my birthday, because there are some amusing things there...) Some of this comes from Wikipedia, but I've added some things from elsewhere:
October 17
*538 BC: King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost 70 years of exile and making the first Human Rights Declaration
*1859: John Brown, having invaded Harper's Ferry during the night, hangs out and hopes for a national slave rebellion to begin.
*1908: Emma Goldman begins a national lecture tour while the country is immersed in presidential campaigning. Lecture topics include "The Political Circus & Its Clowns," "Puritanism, the Great Obstacle to Liberty," and "Life versus Morality." Large audiences attend her lectures in Pittsburgh & Cleveland.
*1813: Georg Buchner, German playwright (d. 1837)
*1972: Eminem, American rapper
*1910: Julia Ward Howe, American composer and abolitionist (b. 1819)


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Sensaphone remote monitoring
Checking the temperature in a network server room
Heads up!Welcome to this article from the Crutchfield archives. Have fun reading it, but be aware that the information may be outdated and links may be broken.
A Sensaphone® remote monitoring system can be a great way for folks to keep tabs on a second home, like a lake house or weekend cottage. They're also handy for people who travel a lot and want to check on their home while they're away. And a Sensaphone system is perfect for keeping an eye on the office after hours. These systems let you monitor a number of different aspects of your home or office remotely, using your telephone.
We try out many of the products that come through our office, and our home monitoring products are no exception. But we did more than just try out the Sensaphone system -- we actually put it to work.
Our IT department wanted to keep track of the temperatures in a couple rooms that house important computer equipment, so we installed two Sensaphone systems that can monitor temperature (and do a whole lot more, too).
Why Sensaphone?
A lot of systems have a way to monitor temperature, but a Sensaphone system calls you if the temperature goes lower or higher than a customizable range. This was very convenient for our IT department -- should an alert be triggered, the system would call them automatically whether they were at the office or at home.
What we installed
We wanted to monitor temperature in two locations of the same room -- one by the thermostat and one by a specific rack of gear. We first installed one of Sensaphone's main units, the Model 800, near a power supply and phone line because this is the unit that'll make the outgoing phone call in case an alert is triggered. The unit connects to as many as seven other "alarms" and features built-in temperature (key to our purposes), loud noise, and power failure alarms. It monitors the overall temperature of a room, but we also wanted to monitor the temp near one location, so we added a Temperature Alert sensor right on the rack of gear in question.
Adding the second sensor was pretty quick and simple. A Crutchfield employee ran some simple wire through the room's drop ceiling to the desired locale, and then connected the wire to the Temperature Alert sensor.
Customizable settings
The Sensaphone system is entirely programmable, but conveniently comes with many of its settings preprogrammed. That way, you only have to change the settings that really matter to your situation. The manual's very detailed and outlines exactly how to change each setting. For example, this model calls up to eight people when an alarm is triggered. In addition to inputting the phone numbers of the people you want to call, you can adjust the length of time the system spends on each call before trying another person, you can adjust the time in between calls (to give someone a chance to call back and deactivate the alarm), you can adjust how many times it rotates through the eight numbers, and you can adjust the number of times it plays the alert message when someone answers. With such detailed and customizable settings for just one aspect of this system, we quickly saw how this would be a really great tool for just about anyone's home or office.
Since our focus was on temperature control, we adjusted both temperature sensors to trigger alarms below 45 degrees and above 85 degrees (the presets were 10 and 100 degrees, respectively). We programmed in the phone numbers of eight lucky members of our IT department so they'd be notified in the event of a temperature change, power failure, or loud noise.
Expandable options
We've barely scratched the surface of what this Sensaphone system can do, and internally, it's already getting rave reviews because of its amazing programmability. While it serves our purposes now, we can adjust it to perform even better in the future. We may add more sensors to monitor other rooms or other aspects of that one room.
And should any member of our IT department wake up late at night wishing they knew the temperature in that particular room, they can dial that extension, enter a security code, and the Sensaphone system will tell them the temperature of the room. That way, they go back to sleep, knowing our computer systems are safe in a comfortable climate.


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Important Information
Based upon questions many students have asked about graduation procedures, below is a list of important information. Take a few minutes and read ALL of the information, giving special attention to what concerns you in particular. Your cooperation now can do much to prevent disappointment later.
If you have any further questions or need more detailed information, please feel free to contact the Registrar's Office at (815) 836-5133. Hopefully, you will hear the news, "Congratulations! You've made it!"
Attention: The application to graduate has been moved to the new portal.
To apply:
- Go to myLewis.lewisu.edu
- Log in with your standard Lewis credentials
- Click on the 'Records and Registration' tab
- In the Academic Information portlet on the left hand side, click on 'Apply for Graduation
Please open the attachment below for detailed instructions on the entire application process.
If you have questions, please contact (815) 836-5133 or email email@example.com
Application Deadline
A student must apply for graduation for the semester in which the degree requirements will be completed.
Online Application
May 2018 Degree
February 1, 2018
August 2018 Degree
March 1, 2018
June 30, 2018
December 2018 Degree
July 1, 2018
October 1, 2018
After the deadline date your record will be evaluated. After the evaluation is completed you will receive a letter from the Registrar's Office. This letter will state either that:
- You have met all the requirements for graduation contingent upon the
successful completion of any courses you might be enrolled for the current
term; or,
- You are missing certain requirements which will be listed in the letter.
Letter #2 does not necessarily mean that you will not graduate. It does indicate that according to our records, you are missing requirements. Your record may be inaccurate or incomplete, and you will need to follow up with us, or your advisor, to correct it.
The official statement of your eligibility to graduate will come from the Registrar's Office!
Verification & Transcripts
All transcripts (official) from other colleges you have attended must be in your folder, as well as verification of credit by examination, or credit for life experience. If you took courses from another school while you were attending Lewis (e.g. summer courses), don't forget that a permission slip to do so is required before credits can be transferred.
Waivers or Substitutions
Any waivers or substitutions for required courses must be on file; verbal comment is not documented fact! Get it in writing, and be sure it is in writing in your folder. If you have taken an independent study, the title or content of that study should be defined, especially if it is to take the place of another course. It is your responsibility to procure all these documents if you have not done so already. Please allow yourself time to get them from other institutions or from instructors.
All incompletes from prior semesters must be made up six weeks into the new semester.
Transfer Courses; Credit by Exam, Life Experience
If you have your dean's permission to take a course at another school during your final semester, be aware that the transcript must be in the Registrar's Office one week before finals week to become a part of your official record. Be sure you can meet this deadline before registering for any course outside Lewis during your last semester. If you are earning credit by examination or life experience this semester, the results must be in the Registrar's Office no later than five weeks into your final semester.
Transcript Changes
It is important to understand that your record becomes permanent upon graduation. Nothing is added, deleted, or changed after the graduation date.
Your Diploma
The diploma you receive from Lewis University will designate the degree you earned, the date conferred, and the place of graduation. Your major(s) is not listed. The diploma will be signed by the president of the university and the dean of your college.
Undergraduate graduating students with a Lewis grade point average of 3.500 to 3.749 will graduate with honors. Those with a Lewis grade point average of 3.750 to 3.899 will graduate with high honors. Those with a Lewis grade point average of 3.900 to 4.000 will graduate with highest honors. In all cases, a recipient must have earned a minimum of 56 hours at Lewis to qualify; this does not include credits earned by exam or life experience. Honors at graduation will be indicated on the student's diploma and transcript. Honors designation does not apply for graduate, associate, and certificate students.
The graduation fee will be billed to your account.This fee is published in the current course schedule. It is required of all graduates whether or not you participate in the commencement ceremony. University policy requires that ALL financial obligations be paid before a diploma can be issued, a transcript sent, or a student can participate in commencement ceremonies.
Cap & Gown
Your fee includes your cap and gown. These will be shipped directly to you. Ordering information will be mailed to you at mid-semester.
Address Change
If you move during your last semester, you should notify the Registrar's Office and complete a "Change of Address" form; please call attention to the fact that you are a candidate for a degree.
Withdrawing an Application
If our records are accurate and you are ineligible to graduate, or if during the semester you drop a required course, or if for any other reason you find that you will not graduate on the date you designated, please contact the Registrar's Office and withdraw your application. You must re-apply for a future date as your application is not carried over automatically to the next graduation date.


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Sarah Michel
Sarah Marie Michel passed away on Feb. 3, 2014 in Spokane. She was born the daughter of Donald and Barbara (Richards) Michel on Nov. 15, 1978 in Edmonds. Sarah was a devoted mother, daughter, sister and friend. She is remembered by her family as being very smart, passionate, creative, beautiful, stubborn, and a very determined and driven woman. In Sarah's spare time, she enjoyed working around her home, making it comfortable for family, making beautiful bead jewelry to market, and cooking creative food dishes. Sarah will be greatly missed by all who knew her.Sarah was preceded in death by her father, Donald Michel in 2009. She is survived by her children, Isabella, Gabrielle, and Mi¬chelle; mother, Barbara Michel, Colville; sister, Tami Michel, Colville; and aunt, April Ford, Colville. A memorial service for Sarah will be held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 18 at Danekas Funeral Chapel in Colville, with a potluck luncheon to follow at the home of Barbara Michelle, 685 Dry Gulch Road, Colville. Please visit the online memorial and sign the guestbook at www.danekasfuneralchapel.com.


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Cahootie, LLC, the maker of a modern-day version of the "cootie-catcher" and "fortune-teller" games, has partnered with Animal Planet to develop Animal Planet Cahooties. The products––made of pre-folded, rip-resistant laminated paper––teach users fun facts about their favorite animals and new species. The packaging includes interchangeable stickers for four animal themes: Dogs Rule!, Cats Rule!, Sea Creatures, and Endangered Creatures.
Check out The Toy Book's July/August issue for more games and puzzles!


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On Tuesday, Dec. 1, Martin Chavez will leave his seat in the Mayor's Office free for the buttocks of incoming Mayor Richard Berry.
One of the major failings of press everywhere is a lack of follow-up. So here's a list of what Berry said he would do when the campaign trail led to the Alibi offices. Clip it out and stick it under the 505 magnet on your fridge. Keep it in mind over the next four years as things unfold. Let's talk specifics, action items you can hold your new mayor accountable for.
Berry said he would restore funding to the youth gang prevention program. He also said he would do away with the "sanctuary city" policy Chavez implemented. Look out immigrants—with that policy as is, cops can't check into an arrestee's immigration status unless it's relevant to the case.
The system is broken, he said, and involving private industry is the answer.
City Council
He'll work well with the Council, he assured. And that shouldn't be too hard now that the Council is largely conservative.
Red-Light Cameras
If it's true that red-light cameras don't decrease accidents, Berry said he would either find a way to make them effective or phase them out. Data is inconclusive so far, he added.
Nay, he said. "I am opposed to a trolley car."
Now is not the time. When it is time, voters should decide, he said.
LGBT Issues
Though his voting record in the Legislature indicates he's a strong opponent of domestic partnerships, he said he would not change benefits plans for city workers that extend to same-sex partners.
Green Jobs
Chase 'em, sure, he said. But build a broad-based private sector—not just a government sector. And seek out other types of industry, too, for blue-collar workers.
Impact Fees
Berry is not in favor of charging builders and developers fees that are later used to build parks and sidewalks. Further, he implied lower fees for eco-friendly builders seemed unfair. Industry will drive "green" building, and developers will go that route if they can save money by constructing energy-efficient structures.
Berry said he would build an online database allowing every Albuquerque citizen to easily track tax dollars and contracts.
Term Limits
At Chavez' request, the state Supreme Court in 2008 decided to do away with the rule restricting a mayor to two consecutive terms. Berry promised he'll occupy the Mayor's Office for a maximum of two terms.


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Byron "Dick" Rice
Maritime Adjunct Professor
Career Education: Marine Transportation
USCG 100 Ton Master Near Coastal License
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Those who are not with us...
While it may have been a joke to say that they only difference between a pitbill and a Hockey mom was the lipstick, I really don't understand why American pitbulls wear lipstick. The bare faced lies that Sarah Palin has been prepared to sell to the American public: that Barack Obama "pals around with terrorists" etc. either mark her out as a truly exceptionally stupid woman or they demonstrate a contempt for the American people that is, quite literally, an insult to their intelligence.
It is now hardly a surprise that the McCain campaign is going down with all hands.
In fact, and more accurately, it is the Republican party that is holed below the waterline.
Sen. McCain has a record of distinguished service. However even he -and still less the witless Gov. Palin- can not overcome the legacy of the Bush administration and its record of reckless arrogance. The strutting mock-Texan George "W" Bush tried to to force the world into his own limited understanding and he failed. He failed to understand that even when facing the depravity of Osama Bin Laden or Saddam Hussein, it is still necessary to explain and to form a coalition.
Leadership involves persuading and cajoling people into doing things they may not wish to do and following ones own line. America had such leadership- earned through the hard lessons of the Cold war. Under Bush, it has come close to losing it.
Barack Obama is a natural coalition builder- in his world, whoever is not actually against him, is for him. Bush, by contrast, has alienated even those who are the natural supporters of the United States.
As Palin shows- oh so clearly- that she has learned nothing form the failures of the worst President in American history, Barack Obama now looks not only like the victor by some margin, but also that his Presidency could contain the elements of the transformational leadership that the country needs in order to overcome the disaster of the last eight years.
As a long time friend of the United States, I certainly hope so, and that the freak show of Sarah Palin and her demented followers is relegated to the footnote in a tome of a very obscure political history of the Great Republic.
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A question. Why is the spread on Italian Bonds different from the German ones now they're all together in a Currency union? In theory they should now all be equal or does the market feel if it ever came to it the Bundesbank would "stand by" Italy in the way they did for us in 1992.
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- Newmania said...
the freak show of Sarah Palin and her demented followers ......
Whatever the result your claim to be a friend of the US clearly does not extend to a great many of its citizens and can you really listen to Obamaha and not smell fraud ?
I was only recently reading your friend Norman Baker plying the usual Labour lite line of anti Americanism by the way . Once again Cicero you are out of touch with your own Party which generally dislikes America ,Israel and adores Europe largely as a way of confronting America
Are you not concerned about the protectionism espoused by the one and the hints that America is about to abdicate its global reponsibilities?
Personally the long line of vaccuous celebs lined up behind Obamah is more than enough to put me off ...and there`s his gaseous grandiloquent pomposity...yuk.
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- Chris Black said...
Oh dear. Are we back to "If you dislike a government administration you must be anti that country"?
So all those Gordon Brown-hating blogs that I see - they are all anti-British, are they?
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I might have to give up on NACA because when I called the office I was told I have to wait until my Chapter 13 is discharged. When I spoke to someone else with NACA at a different office he told me the guidelines where the same as FHA, that I only have to wait a year.
I'm not sure if anyone visits this forum any more. I would like to know what is included in the amount needed to bring to closing?
Can anyone share their experience and break down the total they paid?
I don't expect a response, since the thread seems to be dead- Thank you!
My deposit was more than I needed at closing so I got a check back... Actually the funds went to buy down the rate further, so I got a 100% loan, minimal costs to close, and an interest rate under 3% on a 30-year fixed basis.
NACA pays everything except inspections, taxes and insurance. Insurance is prepaid for one year (I paid for my policy and provided proof). Taxes are pro-rated depending on your closing date and the dates in your jurisdiction, so if the seller is paid through he end of the year you owe the prepaid portion back to them, and your escrow account will take some advance taxes - where I closed it was six months taxes prepaid.
I found it a little confusing, because on my Good Faith Estimate the lender listed out a lot of costs. At closing those were all marked "paid by lender". I guess I was a little skeptical but NACA really came through and all closing costs except inspections, taxes and insurance (which are escrow items not closing costs) were covered.
My situation was different because I bought new construction but here's my take...
First, are you using a NACA savvy buyers' broker? That could be helpful, but if you already have a buyers' broker you're probably stuck. But your buyer's broker should be advising you and handling negotiations with the seller through the seller's agent.
Don't get too emotionally wrapped up in one property. Convey to the seller the facts that you are at the maximum you can afford and you will walk if they don't cover the repairs. This is still a buyers' market and unless there's something truly unique going on the seller should make the repairs, they will have to for any other buyer.
If you can't get the seller to cover the repairs, you'll have to have the funds proven to be available in addition to your other required funds. You'll probably have to have bids from NACA approved contractors to support the amount of funds you say will be needed. Those funds will be in escrow the same way funds from the mortgage would be escrowed. HAND will release payments to the contractor(s) after the work is done and inspected.
I can't say for sure, as I recall NACA describes this process in detail on their website.
I believe NACA is seeking rock solid assurance that the repairs will be made (and FHA would do this as well). This is for your protection. So they will want to see the bids, contracts and funds for the repairs in order to clear you to close.
HAND monitors the execution of the repairs. They will expect the follow up inspection showing repairs complete, and HAND approval is needed to release the funds to the contractor.
This is all needed where the seller doesn't complete the required repairs before closing, which is what I believe should happen here.
I'm wondering if anyone has information on the NACA service areas. We are interested in purchasing in a town that is not listed but I think I read somewhere that as long as you can travel to the workshops you can purchase anywhere you want. Any information on this would be appreciated. Thank you.
That's generally the case. Why not reach out and ask NACA based on your specifics.
I closed my financing last April. I went to an initial workshop, and have volunteered at many in the Baltimore area, attended by folks from Washington DC, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Attendees from the other states were updated with their local offices. I believe the only problem would be if NACA isn't licensed in your state.


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